Thursday, March 8, 2012

Access to Vagina Freedom

A few thoughts:

  • Most people who are opposed to making women-specific healthcare available to all women are males (I refuse to call them men, because in some instances, they are more like boys).  They claim to be god-loving and god-fearing, therefore they shouldn't have to pay for women to take medications that kill human life (which is NOT what birth control does, BTW).  But, how pious would they be when they get someone pregnant due to the fact they timed the rhythm method wrong and the girl they hooked up with didn't have access to birth control (because, let's be realistic, only a small portion of so-called god-loving people waited until marriage)?  Would they be the "good" man they claim to be and raise that child - even if it was out of wedlock?  Would they turn on a dime and demand she have an abortion?  Or, what if you were happily married with several kids, and another child would be a huge financial and emotional burden for your family - you are just going to stop having sex? There are too many "what ifs" with "good" men - let women decide how to take care of their body.  After all, we are the ones who incubate the sucker.
  • This law is about making access to overall women's healthcare available to all women by not allowing employers/insurance companies to decide not to provide it willy nilly.
  • Keep government out of my religion, and keep government from inserting religion into decisions, personal or otherwise.
  • This bill is requiring private (and public) entities to provide access/coverage to such healthcare - whether you like it or not, just because a college or hospital is "affiliated" with a church, does not change the fact that you are a private entity.  
  • The Church or any other religious organization will not be paying for birth control, so give it a rest. The bill requires that employees have access to care specific to women's health - and insurance companies will pay for contraception for women who work for those entities that are exempt.
  • The law was adopted so that all women can have access to affordable preventative medicine and to sustain overall women's health, which includes contraception.  Contraception lowers unwanted pregnancies, saves insurance companies money, and is better for women by lowering intensity of periods (therefore lowering instances of anemia and the pain - which may cause women to call in sick to work) and lowering the occurrence of ovarian cysts.
  • The reason this was adopted was because treatments and medicine related to women's healthcare was NOT covered by all employers/insurance companies, and the government found that it was imperative for women to have access to this.  The government is there to protect the greater good and welfare of the public - and I don't see how women's healthcare is NOT something that will increase the greater good and welfare of women (and all citizens, for that matter, including those unborn children everyone is so worried about).  
  • Why is it OK to have Viagara covered but not birth control? The government can make sure you can get it up, but not protect women from unwanted pregnancy? Even church affiliated organizations cover Viagara. I'm being dead serious - what the hell is the difference (and don't say birth control kills babies, because that is false)?
  • If you needed a transplant, and your employer felt that such a procedure was against his/her religion, therefore insurance would not cover it, wouldn't you want someone to come in and protect your interests?  You wouldn't say get the government keep out of your life then.

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